FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 22, 2013 – Actors from the River City High School Drama Club are hosting a festival of one-act plays this weekend in the Black Box theater at the West Sacramento Community Center, 1075 West Capitol Avenue. Curtain goes up at 7 p.m. May 24 & 25. Tickets are $4. Copyright [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 15, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Sailor Joseph Pinola had been at sea for eight months on the USS John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. So he had not yet met his five-month old daughter when he returned to town on April 29. Still, the 22-year old [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 15, 2013 – COLUMN BY DARYL FISHER – The other night my youngest son was helping me clean out an extra bedroom where I store lots of old stuff when he came across a box with the word “College” scribbled on the outside of it. “What’s this?” he asked me [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Check out a toy from the library! The toy library is available with safe, educational and fun toys, at the library, 1212 Merkley Avenue, West Sacramento. Hours are Tuesdays noon-2 p.m., Wednesdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays noon-2 at 1212 Merkley Avenue. You can be a member for $15/year. Sponsored by Child [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 15, 2013 – The Yolo County Food Bank will distribute free food in West Sacramento and Clarksburg on May 21, according to the following schedule: 9-10 a.m. at the county building, 500 Jefferson Blvd.; 10:30-11:15 a.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1500 Park Blvd.; 11-noon at the Yolo Housing Authority, 685 [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 20, 2013 – The Yolo County Sheriff’s Department reported today that an inmate died on Saturday while in custody at the county jail in Woodland. The man, 29-year old Todd Alexander Phillips, was in custody since April 12 “for various felony and misdemeanor offenses,” said a statement from Lieutenant Dale Johnson [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 15 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The Port of West Sacramento is set to make a fundamental change in its operating model today, as its governing board considers a proposal to lease its North Terminal maritime facilities to a private company on May 16. The proposed lease to SSA [...]